Sylvia Marsters

[5] She married Early Marsters, whose family came from Palmerston Island and Mangaia, and the couple established a sewing business based in their home, making casual and children's clothing incorporating Māori and Pasifika designs.

[5] She began exhibiting in about 1996, with the subject of her paintings being the flora, fauna, scenery and life in the Cook Islands, although she had never visited there.

[7] In 2003, the Pacific Arts Committee of Creative New Zealand awarded Marsters the Cook Islands Artist's Residency.

[5] During her three-month residency in Rarotonga, Marsters met art dealer Ben Bergman,[8] and developed a close relationship that eventually led to her 2014 solo exhibition at VOLTA NY in New York City.

[9] Prior to VOLTA NY, Marsters was in a group exhibition, MANUIA, co-curated by Mahiriki Tangaroa and Ben Bergman in downtown New York City in 2010, exhibiting with artists Mike Tavioni, Michel Tuffery, Andy Leleisi'uao, Kay George, Jerome Shedden, and Mahikiri Tangaroa.